When Iraj, a doctor, is sent to the field as part of the war effort, Shideh must care for Dorsa alone. ![]() Shideh (Narges Rashidi), a former medical student who had to abandon her career after the theocratic government took power in the Iranian revolution, became a housewife, living with her husband, Iraj (Bobby Naderi), and their daughter Dorsa (Avin Manshadi) in an apartment in Tehran. Under the Shadow begins during the war between Iran and Iraq in the ’80s. Both films follow mothers caring for troubled children while supernatural forces torment them. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Persian film Under the Shadow drew a lot of comparison to the 2014 film The Babadook, and it’s easy to see why.
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